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Effectiveness of the delivery of interventions to prevent malaria in pregnancy in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2016)
Background
Coverage with malaria in pregnancy interventions remains unacceptably low. Implementation research is needed to identify and quantify the bottlenecks for the delivery and use of these life-saving interventions ...
Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy with Mefloquine in HIV
(2014)
Background: Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is recommended
for malaria prevention in HIV-negative pregnant women, but it is contraindicated in HIV-infected women ...
Effectiveness of Antenatal Clinics to Deliver Intermittent Preventive Treatment and Insecticide
(2013)
Background: Malaria in pregnancy can have devastating consequences for mother and baby. Coverage with the WHO
prevention strategy for sub-Saharan Africa of intermittent-preventive-treatment (IPTp) with two doses of ...
Intermittent Screening and Treatment or Intermittent Preventive Treatment With Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Versus Intermittent Preventive Treatment With Sulfadoxine …
(LWW, 2016)
In sub-Saharan Africa, there are >32 million pregnancies annually. As this is a malaria-endemic region, it is estimated approximately 12 million women who have live births (45% of live births) would be exposed to malaria ...
Influence of changing day secondary into boarding on students’ participation in public secondary schools in Trans Nzoia West, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Changing day secondary into boarding schools is an emerging trend in education sector in Kenya. This trend however tends to affect students’ participation in education. This study was conducted in schools that changed from ...
Traditional eye medicine use in microbial keratitis in Uganda: a mixed methods study
(The Wellcome Trust, 2019)
Background: Traditional eye medicine (TEM) is frequently used to treat microbial keratitis (MK) in many parts of Africa. Few reports have suggested that this is associated with a worse outcome. We undertook this large ...
Epidemiology of Microbial Keratitis in Uganda: A Cohort Study
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Purpose: To describe the epidemiology of Microbial Keratitis (MK) in Uganda.
Methods: We prospectively recruited patients presenting with MK at two main eye units in Southern Uganda between December 2016 and March 2018. ...
Risk Factors of Microbial Keratitis in Uganda: A Case Control Study
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Purpose: Microbial keratitis (MK), is a frequent cause of sight loss worldwide, particularly in low and middle-income countries. This study aimed to investigate the risk factors of MK in Uganda.
Methods: Using a nested ...
The management of microbial keratitis within Uganda’s primary health system: a situational analysis
(Wellcome Open Research, 2019)
Background: Microbial keratitis (MK) frequently leads to sight-loss,
especially when the infection is severe and/or appropriate treatment is
delayed. The primary health system as an entry point plays a central role ...
The management of microbial keratitis within Uganda’s primary health system: a situational analysis
(The Wellcome Trust, 2019)
Background: Microbial keratitis (MK) frequently leads to sight-loss, especially when the infection is severe and/or appropriate treatment is delayed. The primary health system as an entry point plays a central role in ...